Officially confirmed: the Chinese Grand Prix will not take place this year! Formula 1 has closed the calendar for 2023

A few hours ago, Formula 1 confirmed the shape of the World Championship calendar for this year. After speculations that China might return to F1 later this year, or that Portugal or Turkey would replace it, it is finally clear. The queen of motorsport will remain for the 2023 season of 23 Grands Prix.

All speculation and conjecture is now over. Formula 1 has decided to stay at 23 races for the upcoming season, so the Chinese Grand Prix will not return to the calendar, nor will anyone replace it.

We have already reported in one of our earlier articles just about the possible return of China for the next season.

Even though the country lifted all quarantine restrictions for incoming travellers on January 8, coronavirus is still not the only issue why it would be very difficult to stage the Chinese Grand Prix in the 2023 season.

It should be noted, the Chinese event was one of the topics covered in our traditional Formula One podcast.

The race calendar for 2023

This year’s Formula 1 season kicks off on March 5 with the Bahrain Grand Prix, while the Queen of Motorsport will hold her second race in Saudi Arabia on March 19. The Australian Grand Prix is then on the schedule on April 2.

However, the deletion of China, which was due to take place after the Australian GP, will leave a three-week gap in the calendar. And now that F1 has confirmed that there will be no replacement for China, fans will not see another race until the end of April (Azerbaijan Grand Prix).

In fact, you can see the full 2023 race calendar for yourself in the attached twitter post from Formula 1 above.

It should be added, the season will also feature three races in the United States. These are Miami, Austin for the US Grand Prix (22 October) and the Las Vegas Grand Prix on 18 November. The Las Vegas race will be the first Saturday F1 race since the 1985 South African Grand Prix.

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